Accreditation and Membership Organisations

The CPHT HPD Course is accredited by the following bodies :

Association for Solution Focused Hypnotherapy (AfSFH)
AfSFH’s aim is to increase the public’s awareness of Solution Focused Hypnotherapy and its associated benefits. The Association also provides information and advice to qualified hypnotherapists and those who are currently training as well as Register of all member Hypnotherapists who practise Solution Focused Hypnotherapy. It is a course requirement to register as a Student Member of AfSFH by month three of training. (see Fees Additional Costs)www.afsfh.com

National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH)
The National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH) has been approved as an NCFE centre and the HPD has been accredited by the NCFE to guarantee that it is of a high standard and meets the rigorous requirements of a national awarding organisation.www.hypnotherapists.org.uk

General Hypnotherapy Standards Council (GHSC)
The General Hypnotherapy Standards Council (GHSC) and General Hypnotherapy Register (GHR) are the UK’s largest and most prominent organisations within the field of Hypnotherapy and together present an exemplary model for the simultaneous protection of the public and the provision of practitioner credibility and services. The GHR is a professional association and register of practising hypnotherapists, comprising in excess of 3,000 UK based individual practitioners, together with registered therapists in some 35 countries around the world.www.general-hypnotherapy-register.com

NCFE
When you successfully pass the Hypnotherapy in Practice Diploma (HPD) you will be awarded a certificate of achievement by NCFE. The Hypnotherapy in Practice Diploma (HPD) has been accredited by the NCFE as having measurable learning outcomes that have been benchmarked at Level 4 (using Ofqual’s Qualification and Credit Framework (QCF) level descriptors). NCFE accreditation gives assurance that the content of the hypnotherapy training course is of a high standard and meets the rigorous requirements of a national awarding organisation. NCFE accreditation also gives formal recognition to our hypnotherapy training courses which result in the ‘award’ of a certificate of achievement. This is an unregulated qualification and is not a nationally recognised qualification. NCFE are an awarding organisation recognised by the qualification regulators for England (Ofqual), Wales (Qualification Wales), Scotland (SQA Accreditation) and Northern Ireland (CCEA Regulation).www.ncfe.org.uk

National Board for Modern Psychotherapy (NBMP)
The National Board for Modern Psychotherapy was primarily set up to increase the public’s awareness of Modern Psychotherapy and its associated benefits. Modern Psychotherapists use the best available resources, including the latest understandings of the brain, the use of trance and measured outcomes on each session.www.nbfmp.com

All these associations are ‘Verifying Organisations’ for the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC) – see below.

Membership Eligibility

Upon successful completion of the HPD Course you are eligible for membership of the following bodies :

Association for Solution Focused Hypnotherapy (AfSFH)

National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH)

General Qualification in Hypnotherapy Practice (GQHP) awarded by the General Hypnotherapy Standards Council

Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC)
Graduates of this course (HPD) will be eligible to register with the Complementary & Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC). The Hypnotherapy in Practice Diploma (HPD) also meets all the ‘Learning Outcomes’ of the “Complementary and Alternative Healthcare – Hypnotherapy” National Occupational Standards.
For more information see www.cnhc.org.uk.

National Board for Modern Psychotherapy (NBMP)

Professional Letters
Graduates of the HPD Course are entitled to use the following professional letters after their name :

DSFH* HPD** AfSFH*** MNCH(Reg)*** GQHP*** NBMP(Reg)*** CNHC***

These are explained below:

DSFH : Diploma in Solution Focused Hypnotherapy, equivalent to the USA ‘CHt.’HPD : Hypnotherapy in Practice DiplomaAfSFH : Association for Solution Focused HypnotherapyMNCH(Reg) : Registered membership of the National Council for HypnotherapyGQHP : General Qualification in Hypnotherapy Practice awarded by the General Hypnotherapy Standards CouncilNBMP(Reg) : National Board for Modern PsychotherapyCNCH : Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council